"Ubuntu makes a release every six months, and supports those releases for 18 months with daily security fixes and patches to critical bugs.
As Ubuntu prepares for release, we "freeze" a snapshot of debian's development archive ('sid'). We start from 'sid' in order to give ourselves the freedom to make our own decisions with regard to release management, independent of Debian's release-in-preparation. This is necessary because our release criteria are very different from Debian's.
As a simple example, a package might be excluded from Debian 'testing' due to a build failure on any of the 11 architectures supported by Debian 'sarge', but it is still suitable for Ubuntu if it builds and works on only three of them. A package will also be prevented from entering Debian 'testing' if it has release-critical bugs according to Debian criteria, but a bug which is release-critical for Debian may not be as important for Ubuntu.
As a community, we choose places to diverge from Debian in ways that minimize the difference between Debian and Ubuntu. For example, we usually choose to update to the very latest version of Gnome rather than the older version in Debian, and we might do the same for key other pieces of infrastructure such as X or GCC. Those decisions are listed as Feature Goals for that release, and we work as a community to make sure that they are in place before the release happens."
So, who cares that it isn't compatible with Sarge? Is Sarge really compatible with Sid? I think not (if you are sane). Shouldn't Ian be saying that Ubuntu isn't compatible with his "componentized Linux" (http://www.progeny.com/products/components.html)?
It is actually quite handy. I use it every morning to decide if I should wear a jacket or carry an umbrella; the weather here in Georgia (USA) can be quite... erratic. The icon is pretty but when you click on it you can get the actual weather report without having to use the abomination that is weather.com.
Yes, you need a copy of the game to play on a BnetD server. Do you need a copy of the game that was purchased by you? Not at all. The BnetD server does not make ANY checks on the serial number that is supposed to validate the game as unique and legitimate. "The "piracy" crap"" is not a "red-herring" when you stop and actually THINK about the situation.
I had just set up a BnetD server for me and some co-workers, that did not make it in the Warcraft 3 beta, when VU sent the BnetD guys the cease and desist letter. I was using BnetD to play the game illegally. When the beta stopped working with the BnetD server I quit playing the game (I suck at RTS games any way). Did I buy a copy of Warcraft 3? No.
Seriously, why wouldn't you want to use Blizzard's servers if you bought the game? Possibly because some of your friends didn't and you still want to play with them? I think that is ever more likely than "allow people to play with each other across the Internet without Blizzard listening in." And hell, why wouldn't you want Blizzard "listening in"? You did buy the game right? What is the big deal?
That being said, World of Warcraft is an excellent game. I enjoy it greatly when I have the time to play.
The system lag in Ironforge, for me, was a result of not having enough RAM. I recently added another 512MB stick to my system, bringing it up to 1024MB, and Lagforge miraculously became Ironforge.
The server lag though is most assuredly from too many people in one "zone". I would like to see Blizzard fix that and the damn login server.
I understand that the games cost money to develop. I also understand that a portion of the monthly fees goes toward maintaining the game and such. But, not all of it does; I will even venture to say that a majority of the monthly fee is nothing but pure profit. I am talking about the combined monthly fees they are getting from the 100,000+ subscribers. At some point the fees stop paying the bills and start lining the corporate wallets.
Sure, offer all the goodies in the box for the people that want them (most just throw everything except the cd, and cdkey, away) but, offer up the goods online (really for free) for the people willing to download the content and pay the fee.
I can't believe people accept that if they pay $39.99 for the game they are getting to play it "free for one month."/me knocks on the fools head
"Hello in there. You just paid over twice the monthly fee for your 'free month'."
I wish MMOs would adopt the business model that Vendetta Online is using. You can go to the store, buy the box which comes with goodies like a map and a plastic disc, and get your "free month." Or, you can go to the website, download the installer, and then play for a free eight hours. What is so wrong with that that games like CoH can't do that?
"Free month" indeed.
I figured there would be a lot of marketing involved with it. The biggest thing I was trying to bring to light is the 5.8Ghz phone is more than likely not going to operate at that frequency is most instances./me really doesn't know anything about the whole matter.
To keep neighbors from constantly hearing each other's conversations, the FCC initially limited the output wattage for cordless phones to just.001 watt. But when digital and spread spectrum technologies (SSTs) made eavesdropping a less valid concern by scrambling signals or dividing them across multiple bandwidths, the allowable wattage for cordless phones was increased to 1 watt. This action made for clearer calls and increased a cordless phone's range three- to fourfold. Meanwhile, the increased wattage covered up the fact that higher-frequency signals require more power to transmit.
When 5.8 GHz phones were introduced, the allowable wattage was not increased--and here is where the buyer must beware. Because transmitting signals at a higher frequency requires more power, some 5.8 GHz phones use the new frequency only for the base-to-handset transmission. Then, to make sure a handset's battery has a reasonable life, handset-to-base transmissions are sent on the older 2.4 GHz frequencies.
And the current version 3.0 was release in mid 2002. This article, released during the development of the upcoming Sarge release, is talking about the changes coming after the next release. There is no way Debian was going to change their release cycle in the middle of development.
The following excerpt is from an interview at http://www.pctechtalk.com/view.php?id=3230. It seems people are not going to be able to bitch about the outdated releases for too much longer.
technobeast: Why is the latest stable version of Debian outdated? And why is this idea with several releases? Any purpose to announce outdated versions as stable and currently usable as unstable/testing?
Martin Michlmayr: Debian has traditionally had very slow release cycles. One reason for this is that Debian has often been used for servers. As it is being used increasingly for desktops, our release cycle is not adequate anymore. We know about this and are working on implementing faster release cycles which will meet the needs of server and desktop users. Another reason why Debian is often slow with release is that our system is very large. We have more than 10,000 packages and support 11 architectures. However, we are working on solutions which will allow faster release cycles. In this process, we are moving away from a feature based to a time based release. This will ensure predictable releases.
I will concede that does play a large role. However, I have kept up with the more legit side of the Dreamcast home brew scene since it came in to the public light in early 2000 (I think? Hard to remember). In keeping up with the yahoo groups dcdev list and the sf.net KOS list I have noticed that there are still people out there that write emulators to learn how systems work.
I am assume you don't know anything about Dave's Classics and the history of console emulation (on any machine). I assume you don't realize that every project has to start some where and that full speed on the first release has basically only been accomplished by Bloodlust. I assume that you realize the Dreamcast has still not been fully explored or exploited to its full potential and that everything that has been done for it thus far is the result of some very hard work by some very talentedpeople (sorry for leaving out others - just making a point).
In short, don't insult a scene because you use it to play free games and expect them to run perfectly without any contribution. Emulation is about learning. It is not about getting things for free.
I see that you have fallen prey to the rave kiddie syndrome and believe the filth that spews forth from it. Techno is music made with technology plain and simple. Some of it may be repetitive (House) and some not. Before you define the term "techno" with an invalid definition at least read about what you are trying to discuss:
How long is the MTV term going to haunt us? Why is it so wrong to call music "techno" now? At least that describes the music -- music made with technology. What in the holy fuck does "electronica" mean? Please, if you know then share because I sure as hell have no idea. And don't come at me with "music made with electronic instruments". Techno is not all 808s, 303s, and Roland W-30s. No, "real" instruments are also used as there is no comparing a digital imitation to the real thing. But, they are used in conjuction with technology. So, where did this damn "electronica" word come from and why is it now, seemingly, synonimous with techno?
I have been reading through the modded up posts here and I have yet to see one that mentions the fact that shit "protection" scheme does not work with a Linux based OS; and isn't that what/. is all about? I bought this album ($9.99 and Best Buy) and decided to read the cover fully before I broke the seal on the package when I got it home. After reading some very fine print (someone's definition of "prominently" is very messed up) I learned that the disc uses the MediaMax "protection" system. I then did a quick search to determine if this would affect me as a Debian user. I learned that this "protection" system would only really affect Windows machines, and then if they only have auto-run enabled, so I opened the package and proceeded to rip it with Grip and encode to Ogg -q5. I also had no problems copying the disc with cdrdao for use in my car. I honestly don't see the problem here. If the anti-copy mechanism doesn't work there is no need to get in a huff about it. Just go on your merry way and let the record companies think this system is all that and a bag of chips. It doesn't affect anyone with half a brain.
As a side note, this album is really quite good. At first listen it is rather bland - not bad but not great. After listening to it some more, though, the music starts to shine and album shows how good these musicians really are.
Every time I select something and then middle click to paste it in a Windows application nothing happens. Unless I am trying to paste a URL in to a browser window, then I get some annoying cursor that moves the current page up and down instead of sending the browser the URL I want to view.
Don't even get me started on the brokenness of the title bar and window decorations. Sheesh!
Slashdot Mirror
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ubuntu/relationship/doc ument_view
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"Ubuntu makes a release every six months, and supports those releases for 18 months with daily security fixes and patches to critical bugs.
As Ubuntu prepares for release, we "freeze" a snapshot of debian's development archive ('sid'). We start from 'sid' in order to give ourselves the freedom to make our own decisions with regard to release management, independent of Debian's release-in-preparation. This is necessary because our release criteria are very different from Debian's.
As a simple example, a package might be excluded from Debian 'testing' due to a build failure on any of the 11 architectures supported by Debian 'sarge', but it is still suitable for Ubuntu if it builds and works on only three of them. A package will also be prevented from entering Debian 'testing' if it has release-critical bugs according to Debian criteria, but a bug which is release-critical for Debian may not be as important for Ubuntu.
As a community, we choose places to diverge from Debian in ways that minimize the difference between Debian and Ubuntu. For example, we usually choose to update to the very latest version of Gnome rather than the older version in Debian, and we might do the same for key other pieces of infrastructure such as X or GCC. Those decisions are listed as Feature Goals for that release, and we work as a community to make sure that they are in place before the release happens."
So, who cares that it isn't compatible with Sarge? Is Sarge really compatible with Sid? I think not (if you are sane). Shouldn't Ian be saying that Ubuntu isn't compatible with his "componentized Linux" (http://www.progeny.com/products/components.html)
It is actually quite handy. I use it every morning to decide if I should wear a jacket or carry an umbrella; the weather here in Georgia (USA) can be quite... erratic. The icon is pretty but when you click on it you can get the actual weather report without having to use the abomination that is weather.com.
Good job missing my point.
As for mods... you have a LAN right?
Yes, you need a copy of the game to play on a BnetD server. Do you need a copy of the game that was purchased by you? Not at all. The BnetD server does not make ANY checks on the serial number that is supposed to validate the game as unique and legitimate. "The "piracy" crap"" is not a "red-herring" when you stop and actually THINK about the situation.
I had just set up a BnetD server for me and some co-workers, that did not make it in the Warcraft 3 beta, when VU sent the BnetD guys the cease and desist letter. I was using BnetD to play the game illegally. When the beta stopped working with the BnetD server I quit playing the game (I suck at RTS games any way). Did I buy a copy of Warcraft 3? No.
Seriously, why wouldn't you want to use Blizzard's servers if you bought the game? Possibly because some of your friends didn't and you still want to play with them? I think that is ever more likely than "allow people to play with each other across the Internet without Blizzard listening in." And hell, why wouldn't you want Blizzard "listening in"? You did buy the game right? What is the big deal?
That being said, World of Warcraft is an excellent game. I enjoy it greatly when I have the time to play.
/me goes back to doing calculus homework.
The system lag in Ironforge, for me, was a result of not having enough RAM. I recently added another 512MB stick to my system, bringing it up to 1024MB, and Lagforge miraculously became Ironforge.
The server lag though is most assuredly from too many people in one "zone". I would like to see Blizzard fix that and the damn login server.
I understand that the games cost money to develop. I also understand that a portion of the monthly fees goes toward maintaining the game and such. But, not all of it does; I will even venture to say that a majority of the monthly fee is nothing but pure profit. I am talking about the combined monthly fees they are getting from the 100,000+ subscribers. At some point the fees stop paying the bills and start lining the corporate wallets.
Sure, offer all the goodies in the box for the people that want them (most just throw everything except the cd, and cdkey, away) but, offer up the goods online (really for free) for the people willing to download the content and pay the fee.
I can't believe people accept that if they pay $39.99 for the game they are getting to play it "free for one month." /me knocks on the fools head
"Hello in there. You just paid over twice the monthly fee for your 'free month'."
I wish MMOs would adopt the business model that Vendetta Online is using. You can go to the store, buy the box which comes with goodies like a map and a plastic disc, and get your "free month." Or, you can go to the website, download the installer, and then play for a free eight hours. What is so wrong with that that games like CoH can't do that?
"Free month" indeed.
http://irate.sourceforge.net/
Built with gcj and runs on any (popular) platform.
I figured there would be a lot of marketing involved with it. The biggest thing I was trying to bring to light is the 5.8Ghz phone is more than likely not going to operate at that frequency is most instances. /me really doesn't know anything about the whole matter.
The following text is from http://telecom.hellodirect.com/docs/Tutorials/5.8G HzFrequency.1.031903.asp. It is a decent article, targeted towards consumers, that explains the difference between 900Mhz, 2.4Ghz, and 5.8Ghz phones and why the different bands exist.
Output wattageTo keep neighbors from constantly hearing each other's conversations, the FCC initially limited the output wattage for cordless phones to just .001 watt. But when digital and spread spectrum technologies (SSTs) made eavesdropping a less valid concern by scrambling signals or dividing them across multiple bandwidths, the allowable wattage for cordless phones was increased to 1 watt. This action made for clearer calls and increased a cordless phone's range three- to fourfold. Meanwhile, the increased wattage covered up the fact that higher-frequency signals require more power to transmit.
When 5.8 GHz phones were introduced, the allowable wattage was not increased--and here is where the buyer must beware. Because transmitting signals at a higher frequency requires more power, some 5.8 GHz phones use the new frequency only for the base-to-handset transmission. Then, to make sure a handset's battery has a reasonable life, handset-to-base transmissions are sent on the older 2.4 GHz frequencies.
..there were Geeks In Space. * Note: just a little humor. Not a flame or whatever. *
And the current version 3.0 was release in mid 2002. This article, released during the development of the upcoming Sarge release, is talking about the changes coming after the next release. There is no way Debian was going to change their release cycle in the middle of development.
So, it is still relevant.
The following excerpt is from an interview at http://www.pctechtalk.com/view.php?id=3230. It seems people are not going to be able to bitch about the outdated releases for too much longer.
technobeast: Why is the latest stable version of Debian outdated? And why is this idea with several releases? Any purpose to announce outdated versions as stable and currently usable as unstable/testing?
Martin Michlmayr: Debian has traditionally had very slow release cycles. One reason for this is that Debian has often been used for servers. As it is being used increasingly for desktops, our release cycle is not adequate anymore. We know about this and are working on implementing faster release cycles which will meet the needs of server and desktop users. Another reason why Debian is often slow with release is that our system is very large. We have more than 10,000 packages and support 11 architectures. However, we are working on solutions which will allow faster release cycles. In this process, we are moving away from a feature based to a time based release. This will ensure predictable releases.
I will concede that does play a large role. However, I have kept up with the more legit side of the Dreamcast home brew scene since it came in to the public light in early 2000 (I think? Hard to remember). In keeping up with the yahoo groups dcdev list and the sf.net KOS list I have noticed that there are still people out there that write emulators to learn how systems work.
In short, don't insult a scene because you use it to play free games and expect them to run perfectly without any contribution. Emulation is about learning. It is not about getting things for free.
I see that you have fallen prey to the rave kiddie syndrome and believe the filth that spews forth from it. Techno is music made with technology plain and simple. Some of it may be repetitive (House) and some not. Before you define the term "techno" with an invalid definition at least read about what you are trying to discuss:
/ /en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techno_music
http://www.stanford.edu/~philipd/techno/
http:
Mod me down; I don't care.
How long is the MTV term going to haunt us? Why is it so wrong to call music "techno" now? At least that describes the music -- music made with technology. What in the holy fuck does "electronica" mean? Please, if you know then share because I sure as hell have no idea. And don't come at me with "music made with electronic instruments". Techno is not all 808s, 303s, and Roland W-30s. No, "real" instruments are also used as there is no comparing a digital imitation to the real thing. But, they are used in conjuction with technology. So, where did this damn "electronica" word come from and why is it now, seemingly, synonimous with techno?
Only if you are willing to redo the muck yourself:
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http://www.uwplatt.edu/~web/webstandards/slashd
So that game isn't available for $50? http://www.capcom.com/xbox.xpml
What about the ones listed for $30? Face it, the Xbox is going to die, at least in Japan, and Capcom knows it.
bitch!
Go for it.
I have been reading through the modded up posts here and I have yet to see one that mentions the fact that shit "protection" scheme does not work with a Linux based OS; and isn't that what /. is all about? I bought this album ($9.99 and Best Buy) and decided to read the cover fully before I broke the seal on the package when I got it home. After reading some very fine print (someone's definition of "prominently" is very messed up) I learned that the disc uses the MediaMax "protection" system. I then did a quick search to determine if this would affect me as a Debian user. I learned that this "protection" system would only really affect Windows machines, and then if they only have auto-run enabled, so I opened the package and proceeded to rip it with Grip and encode to Ogg -q5. I also had no problems copying the disc with cdrdao for use in my car. I honestly don't see the problem here. If the anti-copy mechanism doesn't work there is no need to get in a huff about it. Just go on your merry way and let the record companies think this system is all that and a bag of chips. It doesn't affect anyone with half a brain.
As a side note, this album is really quite good. At first listen it is rather bland - not bad but not great. After listening to it some more, though, the music starts to shine and album shows how good these musicians really are.
Slash is the man.
Sarcastic wit :)
Woo! You missed the joke completely.
Every time I select something and then middle click to paste it in a Windows application nothing happens. Unless I am trying to paste a URL in to a browser window, then I get some annoying cursor that moves the current page up and down instead of sending the browser the URL I want to view.
Don't even get me started on the brokenness of the title bar and window decorations. Sheesh!